Tag: reference

Attention ALL artists!

support-all-artists:

sheodraws:

You sure have seen this post. It has spread like wildfire over the past few days so I doubt there is any artist out there who hasn’t seen it. But even if you didn’t, you should read on because I’m about to tell you a handy little thing that can help you to protect your art from such assholes as the anon who submitted this bullcrap, as well as art thieves in general.

The magic word is Metadata.

Metadata is like an invisible signature that is embeded into a file. It can contain all kinds of information, like Title, date, keywords for online seach engines, and copyright information. And the best thing is, since this information is “hidden” in the code of your picture, it’s hard to remove it.

There is a nice basic tutorial on how to add Metadata, or “additional file information” to your images in photoshop. It’s really, really easy so check it out!

“Adding Your Contact And Copyright Info To Your Photos With Photoshop” on PhotoshopEssentials.com

I’m not sure if you can do the same with any other art program. If you know how to do this in other programs / can confirm that it works the same way there, please tell me so I can add the information to this post.

Adding the Metadata will not stop idiots from taking and reposting your art. It also won’t make them stop editing out your signature. It WILL however, help you prove that you are the original artist whenever you have to.

Always remember my friends. You, the artist, are protected by law. No one has the right to take your intellectual property and hard work and repost, use or edit it without your permission. Ever.

SIGNAL BOOST. THIS IS VERY USEFUL.

Describing Fictional Accents

writing-questions-answered:

rjgames asked:

Hello, I see you already have a post on writing accents, my question though: Is there any other way to write accents without saying from where it comes from (i.e. french)? My story takes place in a fictional setting where Earth does not exist and I’m having a difficult time with this. Also, I would not like to rely on misspelling a lot, or is that the only way? Thank you!

When you can’t say where an accent comes from, your best bet is to give the reader a basic idea of how it sounds. Obviously, there is no way to write a description that everyone will interpret the same way, and that’s true even if you’re describing the sound of a real world accent.

A really great formula for describing fictional accents is this:

sound or flow descriptor + dialect descriptor + origin location + regional reference + pronunciation description

Example: He spoke with the lyrical brogue of the Tonterosi highlands–trilled Rs, clipped consonants, and a lilt at the end of every sentence.

– He spoke with the lyrical (sound or flow descriptor) brogue (dialect descriptor) of the Tonerosi (origin location) highlands (regional reference)–trilled Rs, clipped consonants, and a lilt at the end of every sentence (pronunciation description.)

You don’t have to do it in that order, and you can do a little mixing and matching. Whatever sounds best. And, even though no two readers will interpret that the same way, you’re still giving them something to imagine when they imagine this character’s accent. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if they imagine your character with an accent that sounds English, or French, or Spanish, or none of the above. What matters is that they imagine an accent.

Here are some words you can use in your descriptions:

Sound Descriptors

Soulful
Dulcet
Golden
Sweet
Honeyed
Flowery
Silvery
Syrupy

Mellow
Broad
Flat

Deep
Sharp
Thick
Heavy

Crisp
Round
Hard

Jagged

Throaty
Nasal
Guttural
Husky
Breathy
Smoky
Raspy

Chirpy
Rich
Discordant
Sonorous

Flow Descriptors

Lyrical
Melodic
Songlike
Musical
Mellifluous
Rhythmic

Staccato
Rolling
Flowing

Rhythmic

Dialect Descriptors

Burr
Lilt
Drawl
Brogue
Slur
Twang

Lisp

Regional References

Highlands
Midlands
Lowlands
Country
High Country
Low Country
Back Country
North Country
South Country
East Country
West Country
Backwoods
Coastal

Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western
Midwestern
Badlands
Riverlands
Grasslands
Hinterlands
Marshlands
Wetlands
Boglands
Woodlands
Moorlands
Bushlands
Shrublands
Mountains
Jungle
Desert
Plains
Valley
Basin
Swamp
Prairie
Foothills
Forest
Savanna
Tundra
Plateau
Steppe
Inland

Pronunciation Description

Clipped
Stilted
Cut
Hissed
Trilled
Tapped
Shortened
Drawn out
Drawled
Elongated
Dropped
Tense
Lax
Rounded
Raised
Shifted
Glottal stop
Loose
Tight

Other Sound Words

Cadence
Rhythm
Tempo
Lilt
Timbre
Harmony
Meter
Beat
Intonation
Inflection

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